These footprint butterflies are beautiful and are a wonderful keepsake. They are easy and inexpensive to make and your children and you will have a blast making them.
Supplies:
- Let your children decide what colors of paint they want to use
- Paint one foot at a time with one color or several colors
- Put the foot down on the paper, lift straight up and wash the foot
- Paint the other foot and place it with the litlle toes touching (right foot is on the left side and the left foot is on the right side)
- Draw the body and antennas with either paint or a marker
- After they have dried use the template below to print the butterfly poem onto the paper near the butterfly and print the child’s name below the butterfly (optional)
- Frame it and you are done
How to print poem and name on pictures:
Option 1:
If you think your child will cooperate and put their feet right where they need to go you could use a template. (I doubted my kids would do this so I went with option 2) You can use a template. I created one for you! Click here to download
Option 2:
Step 1: Scan the image into your computer.
Step 2: Upload the image to PicMonkey , a free online photo editor.
Step 3: Add the words or phrases you want printed on the page.
Step4: Insert a white rectangle over the entire page. Right click and “send backward” until only the words are visible.
Step 5: Save the image to your computer. DO NOT close out PicMonkey- you may need to make adjustments.
Step 6: Copy the footprints page to have a test page to print on.
Step 7: Print the words onto the copied footprints page. Make any adjustments necessary on the PicMonkey Page.
Step 8: One the test page comes out just the way you like- print the words onto the actual footprints page.
Step 9: Frame & Enjoy!
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